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extenuate(verb) Lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of. Synonyms: mitigate, palliateUsage: Let him, if he be able, justify or extenuate the shameful outrage he has offered to the dictates of truth and to the rules of fair dealing.
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extenuate
Definition: (verb) Lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of.
Synonyms: mitigate, palliate
Usage: Let him, if he be able, justify or extenuate the shameful outrage he has offered to the dictates of truth and to the rules of fair dealing.
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The question at this stage of the analysis is whether his mental difficulties impacted on his culpability such as to operate as an extenuating factor.
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Extenuate
extenuated; extenuating
Definition of extenuate
transitive verb
1: to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses: MITIGATE
There is no economic analysis that can extenuate bigotry.
— Leon Wieseltier
… all the lies that society tells to justify its values and extenuate its conduct …
— Robert Penn Warren
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Definition: (verb) Lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of.
Synonyms: mitigate, palliate
Usage: Let him, if he be able, justify or extenuate the shameful outrage he has offered to the dictates of truth and to the rules of fair dealing.
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